websthetics

genderfluid bahorel



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 18

    Tags
    Summary

    A 1920's AU, in which Merlin is Arthur's long-suffering valet.

    "Merlin turned out to be a truly terrible valet. Really, a creature less inclined to service had never crawled out of the primordial bog. Several of Arthur’s more exciting ties and waistcoats became victims of the fireplace, though Merlin would swear, all blue-eyed innocence, that Arthur had developed a terrible habit of burning the things himself while too tight to remember. He was a tyrant in the matter of cutlery. His hangover restorative tasted of rat-meat and gunpowder, and their effectiveness only increased Arthur’s irritation. He frequently quoted things, occasionally in Latin or French (barely tolerable) and twice in German (beyond the pale). He flung open curtains with all the cheer and verve of a music-hall dancer removing her blouse. The ears, tragically, remained.

    He had also, in the year he’d spent in Arthur’s employ, facilitated two longed-for engagements, broken off three loathed ones, successfully repressed a rather cack-handed attempt at blackmailing Gwaine, and fished Leon, quite literally, out of the Thames. There didn’t seem to be a job title that encompassed all that, so Arthur supposed that valet would have to do."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    7,512
    Chapters:
    1/6
    Comments:
    14
    Kudos:
    72
    Bookmarks:
    18
    Hits:
    758

    12 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    The first bad thing is that Merlin doesn't bring him breakfast.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    33,938
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    85
    Kudos:
    368
    Bookmarks:
    107
    Hits:
    3,132

    12 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 27

    Tags
    Summary

    Lady Enid managed two days in Camelot before the council composed a formal letter to Arthur questioning Lady Enid’s sanity, and by proxy, his own. [...]
    Gwaine sat up and leaned in next to him on the grass, reading over Merlin’s shoulder. “See there, Lord Ellis claims she called him a toad.”
    “She did not,” Merlin said and held up the two papers in front of him, “but I marked down the page. She said something about him ‘frogging around’ the issue and, ‘having no leg to stand on’, it was difficult to see how he could ‘jump to such conclusions’.”
    Gwaine guffawed and laid down again, his armour clanking as he began to tug on the buckles. “So, she called him a legless toad.”
    Merlin settled back against the tree. “I’m impressed Lord Ellis even caught it.”

    Or: When Arthur invited Lady Enid to inspect Camelot, Merlin thought Arthur lost his mind, but when he lets her stay to wreak further havoc in Camelot, unveiling secrets, upsetting status quos and campaining for a Merlin's own political advancement - be it by marriage or by cunning alone - Merlin is sure Arthur has gone insane for good.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    16,990
    Chapters:
    1/3
    Comments:
    18
    Kudos:
    121
    Bookmarks:
    27
    Hits:
    872

    08 Oct 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 23

    Tags
    Summary

    “This is the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me by far, and if anyone finds out about it, they will find that their life expectancy is dropping remarkably quickly,” Merlin says under his breath, flexing and unflexing his shiny new claws. It’s not that the claws are embarrassing, nor that the wings or the horns are even an issue, easily hidden by an illusion spell as they are, but rather this small, simple fact:

    Merlin is 20 years old and going through fucking puberty, this time of the dragonlord variety.
    ~~
    yet another dragonlord!merlin fic lol

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    28,502
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    14
    Kudos:
    153
    Bookmarks:
    23
    Hits:
    2,500

    29 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 16

    Tags
    Summary

    Morgana and Arthur navigate relationships, parenthood, and their sibling bond while working to unite the Five Kingdoms under Arthur’s rule. They don't meet every challenge they encounter with perfect maturity.

    (Or: four times Arthur and Morgana insulted each other like siblings, and one time they defended each other - also like siblings.)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    10,989
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    7
    Kudos:
    61
    Bookmarks:
    16
    Hits:
    560

    30 Jul 2025